| Description |
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 booklet (1 folded sheet) |
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| Series |
Criterion collection ; 432.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC. |
| Language |
Dialogue in Japanese with English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Junkichi Orimoto. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, John Bailey ; art director, Kazuo Takenaka ; music, Philip Glass ; editors, Michael Chandler, Tomoyo Oshima (Tokyo). |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. |
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Widescreen (1.85:1) |
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Includes booklet featuring essay by critic Kevin Jackson and a piece on the film's censorship in Japan. |
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Features: two optional English narrations, including one by actor Roy Scheider; audio commentary from 2006 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul; interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka; interviews from 2008 with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie; audio interview from 2008 with co-screenwriter Chieko Schrader; interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing; documentary "The strange case of Yukio Mishima" (1985, 55 min.) about the author; trailer. |
| Summary |
The life of Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima is portrayed in four chapters. |
| Subject |
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970 -- Drama.
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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970 -- Videodiscs. |
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Authors, Japanese -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Authors -- Biography -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Biographical films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films, Japanese.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Biographical films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Schrader, Paul, 1946- screenwriter, film director.
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Schrader, Chieko, 1950- screenwriter.
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Schrader, Leonard, screenwriter.
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Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- film producer.
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Lucas, George, 1944- film producer.
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Yamamoto, Mata, film producer.
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Luddy, Tom, film producer.
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Ogata, Ken, 1937-2008, actor, narrator.
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Sawada, Kenji, 1948- actor.
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Bandō, Mitsugorō, 1956-2015, actor.
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Nagashima, Toshiyuki, 1956- actor.
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Scheider, Roy, narrator.
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Bailey, John, 1942 August 10- director of photography.
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Takenaka, Kazurō, art director.
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Glass, Philip, composer.
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Chandler, Michael (Michael A.), editor of moving image work.
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Oshima, Tomoyo, editor of moving image work.
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Janus Films, film distributor.
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American Zoetrope (Firm), presenter.
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Zoetrope Studios, production company.
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Filmlink International, production company.
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Lucasfilm, Ltd., production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): Mishima (Motion picture)
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Container of (expression): Mishima (Motion picture). English.
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Strange case of Yukio Mishima.
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| ISBN |
9781681435411 |
| Standard No. |
715515225311 |
| Music No. |
CC2984D Criterion Collection |
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